Derby Urban Church Annual Report 2023 City Youth Church perForming at the WorLd Music FestivaL in Normanton Park. Derby (19/0812023) Derby Urban Church is a registered Charity. Number1187018 www.derbyurbanchurch.com
Derb Urban Church'5 Vision and Values One church with many congregation5. The vision for Derby Urban Church 15 togrow one church with many congregations OF diFFerent sizes. styles and peopLe but still all connected to the one church. These are our Four values: More. By sharingwhat we each have, and nol duplicating. we Look For more: more expressions OF God's Kingdom. and more peopLe hearing the good news of salvation and transformation through Jesus; and more peopLe using their gifts oFgrace given by the HOLY Spirit,. and more growing and learning together in Christ. and more Fun, Laughter and ceLebration,' and more standing together through good and bad times as a united family. and more serving and loving God, each other, and our neighbour., and more time For worship, prayer, teaching, fellowship and mi55ion' and more growth by multipLying. Multiplying the 5malLer to grow the Kingdom (mustard seeds)- Rather than trying to build one large church or congregation. the vision is to build Lots OF smaLLer 51owLy growing congregations OF equal value. Inspired by Jesus parabLe OF the mustard seed which grows into a gre& tree, we seek to grow God's kingdom in this way through mission. We look to care, Share Faith and disciple peopLe better in smaller congregations, enabLed by being parl OF something larger. BeLonging to God, congregation and church (the vine). Finding a pLace OF belonging in a Derby Urban Church congregation with its distinctive identity 15 important, but to be one church we aLso seek to vaLue and care about aLL OF the other congregations. Inspired by Jesus saying about being connected to the vine. we seek to remain connected to God as welL as each other. We expect this to lead to wonderFuLLy unexpected opportunities a5 the Holy Spirit inspires us. and sometimes lead to new Derby Urban ChLTch ministries and congregations being Formed or existing ones join with us. Urban. Wherever God leads us in the Future. Derby Urban Church has been birthed and has it5 origins in the inner city urban areas OF our city. This 15 an important part of who we are. Derby Urban Church is a registered Charity. Number1187018 www.derbyurbanchurch.com
Summa OF the Year 2023 was a year OF gradual growth with many wonderFuL bLessing& and chalLenge5, and there are updates on all our congregations and ministries Later in this report. For Derby Urban Church Activities. the Pentecost Worship Serviceand AGM was the biggest service and a highlight OF the yearwhere we weLcomed new members.we had three other church meetings - at Pancake Day. in July and our Harvest Supper. Everyone From DUC was welcome lo our regular Saturday Church waLks which continued as a monthly Feature OF the programme.The Big Quiz to raise money For TearFund was held in the autumn. In terms OF our administration'the Trellis. there was progress on practical matters. Mary kindly toolc over the editing OF Orbit. our monthLy church magazine and the distri bution increased during the year to peopLe From across the DUC FamiLy. We continued to put a Lot OF eFFort into improving our communications in 2023 with regular emails, termLy programmes covering aLL DUC activities and BouLton Lane. Facebook updates and improvements to our website. There wa5 continued eFForts with the building and we obtained a 4-slar Food hygiene rating Following an inspection. OttWROAD "' FRIEN JESUS ' d6'Y(XlTH n4¥N4A THURSOA YA 4..30P Ozzy Road is the originaL and Founding congregation OF DUC, wilh a weekly Sunday morning service. midweek group5 and chiLdren 5 work. Ozzy Road started 2023 with a shared meaL after the Sunday service and a sermon series on Jesus teaching and monthLy all age services including craFls. AFter Easter there was a series on 'What diFFerence Jesu5 has made in our Live5 and Lots OF people shared amazing lestimonies.This was FoLLowed by a series on EvangeLism which Led up to an alpha course. AFter the harvest service there was a series on Bread. The established pattern of midwee1< pattern OF prayer, Bible study and worship continued aLso with both Lent and Advent courses which were heLd jointLy with BouLton Lane Baptist Church. Baptisms were held twice in the year at Qzzy Road Derby Urban Church is a registered Charity. Number1187018 www.derbyurbanchurch.com
congregation s service. We came together a5 a church Family to celebrate the wedding OF two of our church members. and also For FuneraLs and remembrance services held For two eLderly church members who were both amazing women OF God. Services are in person and live-streamed. There were a number OF new peopLe whojoined us during the year and it was great to see this growth. Friends United In Jesus (FUJ)was set up in 2020 and continued to grow graduaLLy through 2023. Thi5 unique congregation comprises many peopLe who have struggled wilh housing or addiction issues in thei r Lives. City Youth Church (CYC) joined DUC in 2020.This congregation meets on Friday evenings and is a lively and growing group oFyoung peopLe,with a worship service in Slovakian. Roma and EngLish.The highlight OF the year was the CYC Fire conference which had a large number OF baptisms. CYC also started SoFa Talks where peopLe give their leslimony in inteNiew Format which were shared on Facebook getting a Lol OF views. In the summer CYC perFormed on the main stage at Normanton Park a5 part of the WorLd Music Fe5tivaL Through the year we worked closeLy with BouLton Lane Baptist Church, entering into another year of a Joint Pastorate. on April 5th 2023. Solicitors were instructed lo carry out the amalgamation between DUC and Boulton Lane and this process was not compLeted by the end OF 2023 $0 continued into 2024. We continued to hold 5ervice5 at both Girls Brigade and Scouts six times per year at Boulton Lane. Mini ri Social Enterprise TransForm Car Valeting continued with one Academy run with Green Pastures and the FinaL year oFour 2 years of Cinnamon Incubator Scheme which incLuded severaL residential training sessions. and ongoing mentoring. A new ministry OF an eBay shopwas created and an community For selling on eBay was launched in October. USED (Upcycling Social Enterprise Derby) continued through the year. Hooked- This ministry continued with several Fishing trips to support people who have been aFFected by homeLessness and addiction or mental heaLth issues. School OF the HOLY Spirit (SOHS), a Bible coLLege foryounger UK Roma potential Derby Urban Church is a registered Charity. Number1187018 www.derbyurbanchurch.com
leader5. Year1 student5 Finished the course in the summer and proceeded to Year 2 starling in September,with a new intake oFYear1 students too. Schools ministry, our longstanding Link to locals schools. became a separate ministry OF DUC in 2021 and we continued to Lead assemblie5 at St James Juniors and InFants. Both schools celebrated Easter, Harvest and Christmas at Ozzy Road. We ran a warm hub Funded by Community Action lo March 23 on a Wednesday evening which was attended by some Families from the schooLs. HomeLess ministry, our longstanding work in thi5 area continued with the a mixture OF groups who either hire our buiLdi ng or we work in partnership with. These groups were running through the year.. Two Narcotics Anonymous Groups (Monday and Thursday), CaFé 3-16 (a new group), Manna (a Food and Friendship project) and Storehouse. Derby County Community Trust decided to end their booking this year. however many OF our voLunteers moved to heLp with the new CaFé 3:16 group. We continued our relationship with Green Pastures, a Christian homeLe55 hosteL on Hartington Street through Bible Studies, an alpha course and it was great to see some OF the residents coming along to FUJ and Ozzy Road. Slovakia Mission Project- We heLped our friends at Zoe Church in a mission to Roma viLLages in SLovakia, providing Food. clothes and blankets. We started a new Warm Hub in the winter For Roma FamiLies which was extremeLy popular and welL attended. Heart For I ndia - Pastor Raj led a vislt to I ndia in the Spring with Graham and Paul accompanying them. They went to both the Punjab and Hyderabad. We ended the year with 3 congregations and 8 ministries. and are working with BouLton Lane as described above. Additionally, we are supporting two SchooL OF the HOLY Spirit Congregation5 - one in Stoke and one in Ostrava in Czechia. StLfF Rev Graham Watkins continued as our Minister through the year as weLI as the Minister for Boulton Lane. Steve Clark continued part-time as ourSociaL Enterprise Project Leader. Kathryn BarradeLL's is on a FULL time permanent contract as our Church Worker. JozeF Lukac continued to work part-time through the year to lead CYC and SOHS as our Roma Worker. We ended the year with 4 staFF. Derby Urban Church is a registered Charity. Number1187018 www.derbyurbanchurch.com
Trustees The Trustees OF Derby Urban Church at the end of the year were: Graham Watkins (Minister) Roger Morbey (Church treasurer) Ben Jones (Deacon) Mari lyn Smith (Elder) Chandra Morbey (Secretary) anisational Structure Derby Urban Church has Trustees who have been elected by the membership.which currently comprises a minister. two elders and 3 deacons. These incLude our secretary and our treasurer. As part OF our Charitable Incorporated Organisation s constitution. which sets Out how we operate.we have church meetings quarterly, one of which is our AGM. ALL church meetings in 2023 were held in person These meetings are open to attenders as weLL. although only members can vole. We continued our pattern OF Linking church meetings lo events in the liFe of the church. incLuding Shrove Tuesday pancake day, Pentecost Sunday and a Harvest Supper. We continued our pattern to remain eFFective in serving God as a team, and having Trustees meeting every 2 months. alternating a business meeting on Zoom and a longer Saturday morning with prayer and Bible Study in per50n. We have 2 main sub-groups- Pastoral and PracticaL Both groups now meet Less oFten in person but instead have almost daiLy contact using Whatapp. Our small Finance and Fundraising team ('Fin&Fun') meets every 2-3 months Led by our Treasurer. Minutes From each group are circuLated around the Trustees so everyone is aware oFwhat is happening. All these meetings are Led by a Trustee but involve many other peopLe, encouraging everyone to use their individuaL giFts. We are also in regular contact with the othergroups who use our buiLding and were in close Liaison through the year. We continued to produce a termly Programme jointLy with BouLton Lane. identi fying many opportunities to heLp each other and do things jointLy. Fin w-Tr OveraLI our income was higher than expenditure in 2023 and we were able to maintain our reserves policy. whilst continuing to grow our ministries and giving to others. Some of the 2023 income was received in advance for work that WILI continue into 2024. notably Funding For our Roma worker and the warm spaces we provide during the winter OF 2023124. Our trading income increased in 2023 and we continue to grow our sociaL enterprises to generate a new income stream For our work. Thank you to alL our members and Friends who have supported us financially or through giving their time during 2023.1 would also Like to thanlc East M idlands RaiLway For their Derby Urban Church is a registered Charity. Number1187018 www.derbyurbanchurch.com
sponsorship OF our Derwent VaLLey Pilgrimage. Community Action, Foundation Derby- shire, the NationaL Grid. the Bapt15t Union Home Mission. the Cinnamon Network, and the Baptist Insurance Company. Start and end OF year balances Start OF year: Current Account £14,372.68 Savings Account £10,077.84 End oFyear- Current Account £17,632.35 Savings Account £10,377.43 Thi5 included an amount of approximately £12,600 in designated Fund5. Independent examiner's report The 2023 accounts were independently examined by Tim Benson on 20th April 2024. 2023 Rosutts ndwidual donaiions Ilncludty legacies 8UGM Horne Mk¥sv)n Grant Othef grallts Inveslrnent tOM& Room renta Trading incornè Other ncom8 ToLg1 Incomo Actual £54.281.61 £14.750.04 £50.853.86 £3.034.31 £12.439.99 £2.462.51 £6.00 £137.828.12 Trading costs Sakxrios PensK>n conlributvJn Staff expenses Manse expenses Heating and IkJhting Building repairs and rn1$ OffKe ¢o¥t$ Ministry ¢o$t¥ Gwing to tslh•r8 Govemance costs Tot•1 Expgndttur• £2.763.80 £70.133.63 £4.602.18 £896.17 t4,829.87 £8.502.33 £14.456.26 £1.019.71 £12.508.67 £11.827.22 £2.994.00 £134,333.84 Ov•rnll po8Klon £3.494.28 End of arfund balan BIC grant Natnal Grkj grant Spring Harvest Total Deslgnatod Fund• Unrestrictsd Funds Total End of y•art•sh In bank £9,285.50 £5.250.00 £830 00 £15.365.50 £12.644.28 £28.IX19.78 Derby Urban Church is a registered Charity. Number1187018 www.derbyurbanchurch.com
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